Course Offerings

MAIN LESSON BLOCKSThere are two main lesson blocks each day: one in the morning from 8:35 to 10:25 and one in the afternoon from 1:00 or 1:50 to 2:45. Main lesson blocks are usually from 3 to 4 weeks long and include about 30 to 40 hours of instructional time. Morning main lessons are more focused toward academic and intellectual skills. Histories, English literature and composition, and most of the sciences are taught at this time. The afternoon blocks focus on the hands—manual and fine arts such as sculpture, carpentry, auto mechanics, figure drawing, drama, photography, woodworking, watercolor, and many more.

Sample Main Lesson Blocks by Grade Level

Class Type

Nutrition+Cooking
Earth Science
Biology
Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
Global History
History of Americas
Thematic History
World Religions
Social Studies
Literature
English

Spice of Life
Astronomy
Genetics/Biotech
History of Physics
Projective Geometry
WorldHist>1914
U.S. History>1877
Meditation
Psychology
Transcendentalism
Russian Lit.
Research Paper

FOREIGN LANGUAGESForeign languages are an important part of the YIHS curriculum. Spanish classes are offered in multiple levels. French classes are offered with combined levels. Foreign exchanges are also encouraged and our students have gone as far afield as Guatemala, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, India, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Colombia, and Egypt.